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Jill?

Jill!

Let me look at you! I've missed you!

I've missed you! How are you?

I'm terrific now.

Working with Charlie agrees with you? Oh, I love it.

I want to hear about you. I want to hear about Europe.

You've been racing cars? You came in third? I came in third!

Oh, that's fabulous.

Oh, oh, I gotta tell ya. I think Bosley's keeping a scrapbook, but he won't admit it.

Oh, it's so sweet. Aw.

Oh, Bree and Kelly are gonna be so excited to see you. Will you slow down?

Oh, oh, oh, oh! Uh, tell me about the French baron.

What's his name? Let's go swimming.

Jill! You are crazy. Come on now.

Is it the French baron, or is it the ski instructor?

Was. Huh?

Yeah.

It's one man now.

Jill, are you sure?

I'm betting the rest of my life on it.

Aw. Well, who is he? Oh, let me tell you about him.

He's in Europe. He's gonna be racing at Le Mans.

He was so upset when I had to come back here.

What's the stupid emergency anyway?

What? What do you mean, "What?" The cable you sent.

I didn't... "Top urgent. Come back. Matter of life or death."

I didn't send you any cable.

There's no emergency.

Somebody says there is.

"Life or death."

Here's our new client and his wife.

Charlie says not to contact them directly. Mm-hmm.

- Hi. - Whatcha doin' here?

- I thought you had the day off. - Oh, I do.

I was just in the neighborhood, and I have a friend with me.

I thought maybe you'd like to say hello.

I don't know. We're pretty busy here. Pretty busy, huh?

What? Hey!

- Aw, no! - Hi.

You are kidding!

Welcome back! Bosley!

Oh, my goodness! How are you?

Are you ready to go to work?

Well, I don't know about that yet. Are you here for a race?

Hey, hold it. Hello, Charlie.

Good morning, Bosley.

You will never guess who is standing right before me this very moment.

Good morning, Jill. Huh?

Charlie, it's so nice to hear your sweet, sweet voice again.

I've already checked out that phony cablegram, Jill.

- Phony cablegram? - Jill received a cablegram...

supposedly from Kris, asking her to come home immediately.

Bosley, look at this. "Urgent.

Come immediately. Matter of life and death."

The telegraph company said the message was phoned in by a woman.

- That's all they know. - Well, somebody must have paid for it.

Somebody did. It was charged to a phone number... mine.

That's a strange sense of humor.

Let me double your pleasure.

This morning I was contacted by somebody trying to reach you, Jill.

You're kidding? Nobody knew I was coming here.

A man named Paul Ferrino did. He phoned me just an hour ago.

Who is Paul Ferrino?

Oh. Well, Paul, uh, designs and builds formula racing cars.

I haven't seen him in almost a year.

Where is he, Charlie?

Good question. I don't know. Nobody knows.

He doesn't have an address, a phone number, a contact... nothing.

- Strange man. - Hiding.

Uh-huh. Hmm.

Jill, he wants you at the Century City parking lot, 2:00 today.

- He'll make the contact. - Uhh, I don't know.

Hmm, I know. I mean, Paul and I were close.

Past tense, Jill?

Well, if Paul's in trouble, I have to help, right?

That'd be okay. I mean, we'll all go. We'll all be there.

- Right. - I don't like it.

Come on. I'll be in a public parking lot surrounded by all my friends.

The only danger will be the exhaust fumes, right? Right.

- Bellissima. - Paul.

Oh, beautiful as ever, Jill. Oh. Hi.

No!

Oh! Now, this was for friendship. The past is... past.

What about your present? Full of serious problems?

Ah, not serious... deadly.

But all right now. How can I help you, Jill?

My touring office wouldn't have forwarded your message if it hadn't been so urgent.

My message? Mm-hmm.

Wait, did you get a cable sounding really urgent?

Something about a matter of life or death?

You didn't send it? I didn't send it.

Then somebody's using you to find me.

And now they have. It's all right. I have friends here.

No, I'm sorry, darling. I trust nobody I don't know.

But you, Jill. I have to get away from here.

Will you trust me? Come with me. Of course.

Yeah? But how?

Come.

Hey! Come back!

Is she out of her mind?

Well, whatever she's doing, she didn't look too unhappy about it.

She sure didn't.

Inside.

There it is. One of a kind.

I'm running it at the grand prix.

It's really something.

I don't get it. I mean, you're running it in the grand prix.

Is that the big secret? You've won races before.

This race means very little.

A quarter of a million.

My stakes are much higher.

Five million dollars at least. Perhaps as much as 50.

Fifty million dollars? Okay, I'm hooked.

Now, I've developed a new method of turbo charging.

Not only great speed, but...

Would you be interested in a Cadillac, say,

that gave you over 100 miles to the gallon?

Yeah. I think a lot of people would be interested in that.

Precisely.

I have the backing of a major auto firm,

and if this baby does well in the race...

Not win, just do well...

I'll receive a $5,000,000 development fund.

And when it's tested and patented,

I become very, very rich.

That's very, very nice.

You think the people who sent us the fake telegrams are trying to steal it?

Or destroy it. I've been hiding this car for the last six months,

and now they've used you to find me.

I'm sorry. I'm not.

I think this may turn out to be the luckiest break I've had.

Jill, how would you like to race this car?

In the grand prix?

You're kidding, aren't you?

I mean it. I need a driver...

One whom I can trust totally.

And if this driver happens to be a trained investigator,

so much the better. An investigator on leave.

Jill, I'm serious. I need your help.

Okay, on one condition... Granted.

I don't just race to do well,

I race to win. Hmm.

Oh, uh, Danny?

I want to introduce you to our new driver, Jill Munroe.

- Driver, huh? - That's what I said. Hmm!

She's been racing in Europe the past year.

We've competed. You're going to be surprised.

Danny is my chief mechanic.

I hope the surprise will be a pleasant one. Hmm.

Well, I'm gonna go give my sister a call. I'm afraid my friends might be worried.

All right now. You'll find a phone in the business office.

It was nice meeting you. Yeah.

Well, you don't seem to agree.

Hey, what do I know, Paul? Nobody asks me anything anymore.

Don't you know better than to be walking around here by yourself?

Oh! Mmm.

Mmm! Mmm!

You sick maniac! You scared me to death.

How'd you find me? The question is, how did you get away from me?

I'm not used to being deserted by my fiancé.

Aw.

Wait a minute. You're supposed to be driving next week.

Yeah, I quit. To be with me?

Of course. Hmm.

Well, then there was this slight disagreement between Kreutzmann and me,

which, in fact, got a little heated.

What'd you do? No, don't worry. The X-rays were negative.

But he has no sense of humor.

I'm where I wanna be.

How'd you find me anyway? Pure luck.

Oh.

Oh, um, this is Steve Carmody, and this is...

Hello, Paul. How are you? Hello, Steve.

You know each other? Oh, yeah, yeah. For about 10 years.

I always used to run second to Paul... Aw...

Until now.

Steve and I are engaged. Oh, that's what I call winning.

Congratulations, Paul.

Danny! What happened?

I don't know. Uhh, there was a blast...

- Danny, are you all right? - You better get him to hospital.

The car's okay. It's a little scorched is all. Oh, I don't believe it!

I've had the car here for less than 24 hours, and look what happened.

- Who knew it was here? - Until now,

just those right here.

I promised Paul before I knew you were here, remember?

Well, "unpromise" him then. Why do you have to be the one to ride to his rescue?

What did Paul Ferrino ever do for you? Don't answer that.

He gave me my first chance to drive in competition.

He's an old friend, period.

And I'm only the man who wants to marry you.

"Wants to"? What happened to the man who's going to?

Huh?

Okay. Okay, okay, you're Paul Ferrino's driver.

Yeah? Yeah, I'll live with it.

Look, I worry about you.

You be careful.

I will. Hmm.

Come on.

Come on, Kris. She's a big girl.

Don't worry. She can take care of herself.

Jill! Hey. Hello!

Are you okay? I'm great.

Oh. Um, this is Steve Carmody, and this is Kris,

your future sister-in-law. Hiya, Kris. Nice to meet you.

- Hi, hon. - And guess who this is.

Wait a minute. Don't tell me, don't tell me.

'Cause I've heard all about you two. Uh...

- Kelly? - Right.

And Bree. Yes. Yeah.

Heard all about us, huh? Well, I don't know if I like that.

I hope she didn't tell you everything.

Well, she didn't tell me everything. No.

But she made one thing clear. Either I do exactly

as I'm told, or she calls in you two, and...

- Precisely. - Well, in that case,

the two of you can hold my hand in the stands...

- while Jill's driving in her first big U.S. race. - What?

Paul Ferrino hired me to drive in the grand prix next month.

- That's sensational! - All right.

And I think we should all go to the press party.

Oh, but there's, um,

a little more to it than that, right?

I think we should call Charlie.

- Um-hmm. - Hmm.

And you'd like to call Charlie without Steve.

That's all right. No, I understand. Well, it's... You know...

I've got a near-terminal case of jet lag anyway. I'll call you from the hotel.

Okay. I'm really glad I finally met you all.

Nice to meet you. See you soon.

Bye-bye. Bye, Steve. Okay.

- Talk to you tomorrow. - Okay. Bye.

Okay. Shall we vote?

I think he's terrific.

We have one "terrific." Could we get two more?

Well, three "terrifics." How'd we do?

I've read a copy of the arson squad report.

The fire was set by a small incendiary device with a timer.

And yet the car was hardly touched. Doesn't make sense to me.

And the only ones who knew the car was there were Paul and his mechanic.

Yeah, but a number of people had heard the rumor about it.

Steve knew.

But then, everyone involved in racing knew Paul was working on something.

So how many suspects do we have?

Well, our most obvious suspect is Danny Bligh the mechanic.

Now, he said he was close enough to the explosion to be thrown by it.

But Jill said he only had a second-degree burn on his arm.

Now, either he is very lucky, or he's lying.

You think he might have set the device himself?

Well, if he did, he wasn't very good at it.

Charlie, I feel a little bit responsible.

I mean, somebody used me to bait Paul Ferrino.

If it's all right with you, I'd like to be in on this case.

You were working it the day the telegram came, Jill. Glad to have you back.

Jill, you're not gonna drive the car. Of course I am.

Charlie. Kris, I have you're assignment.

- Stick with Jill night and day. - Thanks, Charlie.

Shouldn't be difficult. She's done that since we were kids.

Why should things change? "She's done that since we were kids."

Come on. We'll see you all at Paul's party. Bye. We'll see you later.

- Bye-bye. - Bye.

- Bosley. - Yes, Charlie?

Better find out what you can about Jill's fiancé,

- Steve Carmody. - Okay.

♪♪

♪♪

Jill, I'm George Danforth. Hi.

I'm handling the P.R. for Paul. Oh.

A ton of people want to meet you, especially money people. Well...

I know that'll be all right, Steve. Oh. I'm sorry.

♪♪

Hello, Steve.

Hello, Andrea. Aren't you going to even say, "What are you doing here?"

I'm just trying to remember. Have I ever been

to an occasion where there were fast cars,

champagne and rich sponsors, and you weren't there?

You're gallant. You could have added good-looking drivers.

Speaking of which, is it true?

Yep, we're getting married.

How... trite.

All right, fellas.

All right. Very nice. Beautiful.

Hey, Jackie. Jackie Stewart. What do you think?

Well, it looks good, but you never know until it races.

Jill, over here, please. Okay.

Over here. Jackie, move in a little bit. Okay.

Jackie, do they ask you to show your legs too? All the time, sweetheart.

Fine. Over here, Jill. Right here.

Paul.

Ah...

Oh. All right. That's enough, boys. That's enough.

Would you mind taking her around a few laps? Would I mind?

She's yours. Okay.

Okay, slowly now.

Oh, excuse us, uh, fellas. Give us some room, please.

Sure. Please. Thank you. Here, get in there.

Remember, this is just for show.

Easy now. Easy.

Do you know Paul Ferrino?

Ho-ho. Yes.

Oh. A friend?

Everyone's my friend. You know my awful reputation.

What do you know about this new car?

If you want to know about cars, why not ask Paul?

I'd like to know more than he might tell me.

I see.

You could always call me later tonight.

The later the better.

I don't think so.

Huh. Think again.

Kris.

Kris.

Kris. Who is she?

Was. Who was.

Kris, I love your sister.

Uh, I couldn't figure out why you weren't down there, so I came looking for you.

What an incredible machine. You can't believe how easily it handles.

I want you to drive it. Paul will let you.

What are you two talking about besides me?

Uh, we were just getting a little better acquainted, that's all.

We were talking about Andrea Lassiter...

and her passion for me.

But it seems she's already found somebody to console her.

That someone is Danny Bligh, Paul's mechanic.

Andrea. Danny, don't be a damn fool. Now leave me alone.

Hey, I put myself on the line for you, baby.

I could go to jail. Shut up.

You stay away from Steve Carmody, and I mean it. Do you understand me?

Danny boy, we were talking business. Oh, you...

Why would a woman like Andrea have anything to do with a mechanic like Danny Bligh?

Kris said they had a big fight at the party.

What do you think? Love or business?

Grease-monkey business.

Ooh! I'm sorry.

♪♪

There he is.

Good luck.

Hello, Danny.

Well, now, don't tell me we've met and I forgot,

'cause, uh, you, uh, I wouldn't forget.

Hmm.

My name's Kelly Garrett.

Insider magazine, huh?

Never heard of it.

1.1 million readers have,

and they're all interested in Paul Ferrino's mystery car.

Mm-hmm. Well, talk to George Danforth.

He handles the P.R.

Well, I want the kind of information that, uh,

P.R. men don't give out.

I won't need to mention your name, and, uh, I can make it worth your while.

Uh... no names, eh?

Ferrino doesn't like mechanics with big mouths.

I heard that there was some kind of an explosion. Can you tell me about that?

Yeah, well, uh, somebody tried to blow up the car yesterday.

Um, no damage.

It wasn't the first time either.

You mean, somebody tried to destroy the car before?

Somebody doesn't want the car to race.

Any ideas?

Hey, look, Ferrino's a top driver.

He wins. He's a winner. He beats people.

You beat people, you make enemies.

Especially somebody who, uh,

maybe made a bet on himself and lost.

Danny, I get the feeling you're telling me something.

- No names, right? - Right.

Look, why don't we, uh...

talk about you?

Our readers aren't interested in me.

I can't believe that.

But if you'd like to talk again, just call. Mm-hmm.

Well, the facts may be unpleasant, but we have to face them.

Now, our prime suspect according to Danny Bligh...

is, one: a driver...

who lost a number of races to Paul Ferrino...

and may bear a grudge. Steve.

Two: someone who doesn't want Jill to drive Ferrino's car.

Also Steve.

Or three: somebody who may be gambling on the race.

I don't like to add to this unpleasantness, but...

according to Charlie's European contacts,

Steve has heavy gambling debts...

and was investigated once...

in connection with a race that he lost in Belgium.

- Were those charges proven? - No.

Well, then let's not jump to any conclusions.

I'm sorry. I'm just trying to be fair.

Also, two years ago,

Steve punched Paul Ferrino and accused him of cheating...

after Ferrino beat him in a road race.

Well, Kris, somebody has to tell Jill.

Yeah.

Hi, Kris. Hiya, Kris. How ya doin'?

Take the groceries over here, okay? Do we have to unpack these now?

No, we don't have to unpack them now. Good.

Want an apple? Yeah, I would love an apple.

Want an apple, Kris? No.

She doesn't want it. She doesn't want an apple.

Apple a day keeps the doctor away.

What's the matter with you?

I need to ask Steve some questions, and, uh,

I wanted you both to be here.

What kind of questions?

About Paul Ferrino...

and the attempts to destroy his car.

Now wait a minute... Well, it seems that I'm under investigation. It's all right.

No, it's not all right. Maybe you're forgetting we're gonna get married.

- You know, he's not a suspect in a case file. - Jill, it's-it's all right.

She's being up front with both of us.

Okay, kid sister, fire away.

We have some reports that you have gambling debts in Europe.

That's true.

I mean, the only thing I can say in my defense is that my present debts are...

very small compared with my past ones.

I knew about the gambling debts, Kris.

Steve already told me.

We also know that you had a fight with Paul Ferrino,

and you accused him of cheating in a race.

Guilty.

Paul was cheating and it wasn't the first time.

Why didn't you tell me about it? Oh, because it...

It would have looked like I was jealous.

And I am.

I just don't trust Ferrino, and I don't like him.

Do you dislike him enough to try and blow up his car?

Yeah, probably, but I didn't.

One last question,

why did you meet Danny Bligh yesterday?

What did he hand you?

- Have you actually been following me? - It's part of the job.

Y-You know, I'm very old-fashioned.

I marry you, I marry into your family.

But your little sister here obviously thinks I'm some sort of high roller...

who likes to go around blowing up cars.

- Wait. - You didn't answer my question.

No, and I'm not going to. Let me tell you something, both of you.

Jill isn't driving that car for Ferrino.

- Not while I'm around. - Steve!

I'm sorry, Jill.

Yeah.

Kris, Bree, Kelly?

Steve's on his way to the garage.

What's he doing?

Hey, what the hell's goin' on here?

Who is that? Steve Carmody.

What's he doing in my car?

I know what he's doing. He's testing it for me.

He's bringing it in.

Hi.

No. Jill, come on now.

No! Stay here, Jill.

Don't look, don't look.

Come on. No. No...

Do you want us to come and stay with you for awhile?

I'm okay.

Better stay, Jill. I'm all right, really.

God, I wish there was something we could do.

I know.

You know, there is something you can do.

You can get the truth out of Danny Bligh.

Well, we'll do that.

You know we'll do that. Don't worry.

Thanks. We love you, ya know?

I know.

Hi. I saw you comin'.

Thanks.

Jill, why don't we go away?

You know, we could go up north.

You always loved it up north.

I'm not gonna be able to forget Steve just because the scenery changes.

I'm not gonna be able to forget him no matter what I do.

Oh.

It's okay.

I'm here, honey. I'm here. I know.

Don't cry.

- Well, I didn't plan on any damn murders. - It was an accident.

Oh, yeah, right, an accident.

And Steve Carmody right in the middle of it.

You know what that does? That takes me out. Out. I'm gone.

Carmody was killed. I don't like it either.

You think I wanted it that way?

But...

we've got a lot riding on it, Danny.

You and I.

What, do you think I'm stupid?

You think 'cause I got a little grease under my nails I'm an idiot?

You know what "you and I" means?

It means "you," baby, "you." Always... Always did.

I knew you were running me. I didn't care...

till now.

You are stupid.

But you're locked into it.

Everything... Including the killing.

Yeah, that's right. And don't you forget it.

Remember, if I get nailed everybody gets nailed.

You get nailed. You understand me?

So, you be smart.

Say good-bye. Wish me luck, 'cause I'm gone, baby.

Hello. Hey, what is this?

We're just taking you on a little trip. A trip?

- You can't... - We were at the track when Steve Carmody was murdered.

We'd like to talk to you about that.

Now wait a minute. That was an accident.

Hey, where are we going?

To the police... Homicide.

There was a bomb planted in the car.

It was the same kind used to set fire to the

garage. You want to tell us how you did that?

We know you gave Steve the keys to the car so he could get to it.

No, that's a lie.

Oh, no, it's not. We've got an eyewitness... me.

- We've got another witness, Andrea Lassiter. - What's that mean?

It just means that Andrea can afford a very good attorney.

She's got well-connected friends, doesn't she?

She'll make a deal. Bet on it.

Just depends who gets to the D.A. first.

All right, look. Uh, I, um...

I made the bombs.

Andrea made me do it. I did it for her, uh...

Why didn't the first one work? The first one wasn't supposed to work.

We just set it up for the big one.

That way we'd make people think it was an outside job.

You made them and you planted them, right? No.

I made 'em. I didn't plant 'em. Nobody was supposed to get killed.

We were just supposed to total the car, and that was it.

Then who planted them? Andrea?

No, no.

The same guy who wanted the car totaled...

Paul Ferrino.

But, Danny, it's running. I couldn't stop him.

I tried. What if the police want to question him again?

Weren't you supposed to be able to control him?

Isn't that what you're good at?

I did that for you. Don't you forget it.

Everything... I did everything for you.

Oh, Paul, please. I'm frightened.

Paul.

Jill.

I'm terribly sorry about Steve. I was going to call you.

- Paul, she heard. - Shut up.

She heard us.

Why? I don't understand.

Simple, really.

My wonder car...

my breakthrough...

with the amazing turbocharger...

It didn't work.

I faked this as long as I could.

It was a failure.

Jill, it wasn't just the money.

It was everything...

Years of hard work, my reputation...

I would have lost it all.

Unless somebody destroyed the car.

And then, well...

Now I can start all over again.

What about me? Were you going to kill me?

Was I supposed to be the one who was in that car?

I was desperate. And now... No, Paul, no!

You okay?

You okay, honey? Yeah, but I can't breathe. Come on.

I'm sorry, Jill.

You hungry? Hmm.

I don't feel much like going inside.

The sky gives me more room, and the air is cleaner, and...

I don't make a lot of sense, do I? Sure, you do.

Besides, that's what we thought.

What do you mean, "we"? Come here.

That.

That. Look out, 'cause it's leaking.

There's that.

Bosley made a supreme effort. He closed the office.

Oh!

He even took off his suit.

I would like you to know that everything here was made by my own little hands.

Bosley, that's sweet.

I'm happy to be here with you all.

Bosley?

Why does this toothpick holding my sandwich together say,

"Arnie's Delicatessen"?

You...

Well, Jill, some things never change. You're right.

Check.